Intel Core i7-12850HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Core i7-12850HX vs Core Ultra 5 225F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12850HX beats the Core Ultra 5 225F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225F has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225F has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.